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Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.
Watchman Nee
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Watchman Nee
Age: 68 †
Born: 1903
Born: November 4
Died: 1972
Died: May 30
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